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In Kill the Princess, Stephanie Vermeulen tackles a wide range of issues facing women today, from body image to popular notions of femininity, from women's business personas to the politics of family. In an attempt to keep it all together and strive for unattainably perfect lives, women increasingly fall prey to exhaustion and fatigue. A huge reason for this. Vermeulen argues, is that women are still programmed to be self-sacrificing and, as a result, don't take care of themselves. Vermeulen uncovers that although women are holding their own--they are earning more, maintaining jobs and family, and indeed enjoying more freedoms than they did even thirty years ago--their personal, artistic, and professional needs continue to go unnoticed and unmet. Hard-hitting, provocative, and empowering, Kill the Princess is a wake-up call to women. Vermeulen's serious but ultimately hopeful message is that women deserve better, and it is time that they demand it. |
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